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+++
categories = ['howto', 'reference']
description = 'Display a list as a tree'
title = 'Tree'
+++
The `tree` shortcode displays a list as a tree with configurable icons and colors.
````tree
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- home | folder
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- [.config ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- My Documents | folder | magic
- home.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | #888cc4
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````
## Usage
{{< tabs groupid = "shortcode-parameter" > }}
{{% tab title="codefence" %}}
````md
```tree
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- home | folder
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- [.config ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- My Documents | folder | magic
- home.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | #888cc4
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```
````
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="shortcode" %}}
````go
{{%/* tree */%}}
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- home | folder
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- [.config ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- My Documents | folder | magic
- home.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | #888cc4
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{{%/* /tree */%}}
````
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab title="partial" %}}
````go
{{ partial "shortcodes/tree.html" (dict
"page" .
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"content" `- home | folder
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- [.config ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- My Documents | folder | magic
- home.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | #888cc4 `
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)}}
````
{{% /tab %}}
{{< / tabs > }}
Codefence syntax is widely available in other Markdown parsers like GitHub and therefore is the recommend syntax for generating portable Markdown.
### Parameter
| Name | Default | Notes |
|-----------------------|------------------|-------------|
| _**<content>**_ | _<empty>_ | Your list as Markdown. |
### Item Syntax
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`<NAME>` [ `|` `<ICON>` [ `|` `<COLOR>` ] ]
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The **NAME** can be followed by an optional pipe (`|` ) to define an **ICON** and further optional pipe to define the icon's **COLOR** .
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- **ICON**: [Font Awesome icon name ](shortcodes/icon#finding-an-icon ) set to the left of the **NAME** . If you give a single string, it is selected from Font Awesome's [solid ](https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&s=solid&m=free ) icons. If you want to use a different set, you have to give the complete styles after the double colons. See above example for the `home.php` .
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- **COLOR**: The [CSS color value ](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value ) to be used. If not set, the primary color will be used.
You can also set a **style** value known from other shortcodes.
- by severity: `caution` , `important` , `info` , `note` , `tip` , `warning`
- by brand color: `primary` , `secondary` , `accent`
- by color: `blue` , `cyan` , `green` , `grey` , `magenta` , `orange` , `red`
- by special color: `default` , `transparent` , `code`
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- you can also [define your own styles ](shortcodes/notice#defining-own-styles ).
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If a **style** and a named HTML color have the same name, the **style** color will be used.
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## Examples
### Bigger example
Every possible combination
````md
```tree
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- [just name ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- Documents
- My Documents
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- simple icons | folder
- Documents | folder
- My Documents | folder
- not so simple icons | file-alt | secondary
- a.png | file-alt
- a with border.png | file-alt
- mindblowing icons | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | accent
- text.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown
- alternative text.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown
- and now with color | fa-fw fab fa-php
- script.php | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | purple
- alt script.php | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | #888cc4
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- magic.php | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | magic
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```
````
````tree
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- [just name ](http://example.com ) | folder
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- Documents
- My Documents
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- simple icons | folder
- Documents | folder
- My Documents | folder
- not so simple icons | file-alt | secondary
- a.png | file-alt
- a with border.png | file-alt
- mindblowing icons | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | accent
- text.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown
- alternative text.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown
- and now with color | fa-fw fab fa-php
- script.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | purple
- alt script.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | #888cc4
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- magic.php | fa-fw fab fa-php | magic
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````